Figure 5
From: New suture materials for midline laparotomy closure: an experimental study
Macrophage response to suture materials. Immunodetection of RAM-11 rabbit macrophages at 3 weeks (A-D) and 6 months (E-H) post intervention (Top panel, 200x). s: suture; *: non degraded remains of PDX. Results expressed as the mean ± SEM of RAM-11 positive macrophage percentages. Mann-Whitney U Test. *, p < 0.05; ***, p < 0.001. PP: Surgipro™, PUe: Assuplus®, PDX: Assufil® and PDXb: Filbloc®.